Robert cosmos ellrich



No. 622,844.. Patented Apr. H, I899. R. C. ELLRICH.

MEAT 0R VEGETABLE CUTTER.

(Application filed J'gn. 17, 1898.)

(No Model.)

NITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT COSMOS ELLRICH, OF SOUTHINGTON, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THEPECK, STOW & IVILCOX COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

MEAT OR VEGETABLE CUTTER,-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 622,844, dated April11, 1899.

Application filed January 17, 1898. Serial No. 666,888. (No model.)

' ing said improvement. Fig. 2 is an end view of the delivery end of thesame cutter. Fig. 3 is a side view with half of thecutter-case removed.Fig. 4 is an inside view of that half of the cutter-case which is shownin Fig. 8. Fig. 5 is an end View of the delivery end of the rotaryscrew-forcer.

The object of the improvement is the production of a meat and vegetablecutter adapted for domestic and similar uses, having features ofconstruction and operation hereinafter described and elements inafterclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings the letters aand a denote therespectivehalves of the cutter-case, which may be provided with lon gitudinal ribsa at their meeting edges, held together by and in the embrace ofinwardlyfacing grooves in the top and bottom bars I) of the holder 19,which are connected by a curved bracket 1), through which projects ascrew 6 bearing against one of said halves for the purpose of pressi ngthem adj ustably toward each other. In addition the body of saidholder 1) is continued downward below its bracket and preferably carriesa clamp (not shown) for engaging the edge of table or other support. Theletter 0 designates a perforated plate inserted diaphragmwise in thecutter-case. Its periphery fits in a corre: sponding and cooperatingannular groove formed for that purpose on the interior of the parts ofthe cutter-case. This perforated plate is held stationary againstrotation by a pin 0, fast in one-half of the cutter-case and projectinginto a mortise made for it in the periphery of the plate. Thisperforated plate may have perforations through it of any suitable numberand shape, and of course the same machine may be furnished with a pluofnovelty hererality of plates differing in the number, size, and shape oftheir perforations. Obviously when the screw 12 is tightened up thisplate is firmly clamped within the halves of the cutter-case and theforcer hereinafter described is also bound frictioually more tightlytherein.

The letter (Z denotes the main leaf of the rotary screw-forcer. Thecircular plate (1, appurtenant to and preferably integral with thescrew-forcer, closes one end of the cut ter-case and is journaledtherein, the other end or shaft of the screw-forcer being journaled inand extending through the perforated plate already mentioned.

The letter e denotes a crank whereby to give rotation to thescrew-forcer.

The letter (1 denotes an additional screwleaf of the rotary screw-forcerat the delivery end thereof.

The letter f denotes a cutter located on the shaft against the exteriorface of the perforated plate. It is carried by and made to ro tate withthe shaft of the screw-forcer.

shaft of the screw-forcer, which holds thescrew-forcer, the cutter f,and the perforated plate in their proper relations to each other whenthey are duly assembled.

Care should be taken that all edges of the leaves of the screw-forcerare equidistant from the axis-in other words, that the entirescrew-forcer is of one diameter throughout.

It will be readily understood that the meat, vegetable, or othermaterial to be operated on is fed into the mouth of the cutter-case.Coming in contact with the screw -forcer, it is forced along toward thedelivery end of the cutter and through the perforated plate, there to beoperated upon by the cutter f. There are, however, other features ofconstruction and operation not indicated by this general statement justmade. The main leaf (1 of the screw-forcer and the additional leaf d areboth extended without interrupting their pitch completely to and intocontact with the inner side of said perforated plate, and they are therethickened on the edge, as seen (as regards the main leaf) in Fig. 3,such thickening and such extension serving the is forced forward withgreater force than theretofore. Still further, the edges of theleaves-of the screw-forcer thickened, as already described, at thedelivery end are formed into cutting edges, and in exerting" thisfunction they cooperate with the ribs 0 formed on the inside of thecase. As these ribs just mentioned are longitudinal of the case, or atleast approximately so, the cutting action of the two parts justmentioned is necessarily a shear cut, and thereby a very effective sortof cut for thepurpose in hand. Still further, the end of thescrew-forcer having the additional leaf and constructed as alreadydescribed, so as to extend to contact with the interior'face of saidperforated plate, creates an end for the screw-forcer which is in somelarge part a solid end, and it is flat. Thereupon the working faces ofthe two leaves are made to terminate in recesses inthe end of thescrew-forcer, as seen in Fig. 5, which by their shape tend to draw thematerial under operation toward the centerof the perforated plate and toa certain degree counteract the natural tendency of the screW-forcer tocrowd the material toward the inner Wall of the cutter-case.

I claim as my improvement 1. In combination, the cutter-case, thepersaid case, and the rotary screw-forcer having an additionalscrew-leaf at the delivery endwith both leaves extended to contact withsaid perforated flat plate and terminating in recesses in the end of thescrew-forcer adapted to draw the material under operation toward thecenter of said plate, all substantially as described and for thepurposes set forth. t

2. In combination, the cutter-case, the perforated flat plate inserteddiaphragmwise in said case, the rotary cutter on the exterior face ofsaid plate, and the rotary screW-forcer having an additional screw-leafat the delivery end-with both leaves extended to contact with saidperforated fiat plate and terminating in recesses in the end of thescrew-forcer adapted to draw the material under operation toward thecenter of said plate, all substantially as described and for thepurposes set forth.v

ROBERT COSMOS ELLRIOI-l. Witnesses:

STEPHEN WALKLEY, EDWIN N. WALKLEY.

forated fiat plate inserted diaphragmwise in

